Yep, which means no Korean or American made but Japanese-inspired: Last year Magna Carta, Bioshock and Avatar: The Last Airbender were all turned away, and another American video game was pre-judged, but DQ'd at the last minute when a staffer decided it wasn't eligible, so be sure you're within the scope of the contest.

The other American cosplay was a Commander Shepard from Mass Effect 2. Dragon Age would also be inelligible, even though one of the prizes was a dragon age 2 sword. If anyone is in doubt, I would suggest emailing costume contest coordinator to asking about a specific rule and research the origin to make sure the source is of Japanese origin.

Changing plans all around! It looks like I'll be bringing Yosuke from Persona 4 at least one day of the weekend.
If I can get together a little bit of shenanigans for fun, I might do a Homestuck cosplay just because the outfits are really easy and fun. Mostly because PROPS. OH GOD THE PROPS ARE SO FUN TO MAKE. 8D
Oh and Joker from Kuroshitsuji at some point.

I just bought all of my fabric for Miss Martian, all of those coupons that I had for Joanns really saved me a lot of money. I just need to buy my wig off Taobao and get the items for the face paint. One down, three more to go....

Plans are taking shape a bit more now. I'm bringing Justin Bailey Samus, Kraehe, and Skyloft Link if I can get it done in time. Not sure what days I'm wearing what though since I'm still not sure if I'm going to enter or judge the contest this year.

As per usual, plans have changed yet again!
It seems this Con is going to be my Homestuck Con, as 3/4 of the cosplays I'm planning on wearing have become Homestuck
I'll still be bringing Nyotalia England, but I probably won't be wearing her. Makes me a little sad, but hopefully it'll be worth it.
Instead of her I'll be doing Peregrine Mendicant, one of the Exiles (almost wrote X-Files woops), which I am super excited to do.